The civil rights activist and 1988 Democratic presidential candidate is set to endorse the Vermont senator at a Grand Rapids, Michigan rally Sunday afternoon.
In a statement released by the Sanders campaign Sunday, Jackson criticized Democrats who are seeking a"moderate path," instead urging the party to be more progressive and choose Sanders as the nominee. Jackson said he is"enthusiastically endorsing" Sanders because of the senator's decades-long stance alongside the country's black community.
"With the exception of Native Americans, African Americans are the people who are most behind socially and economically in the United States and our needs are not moderate," Jackson declared, two days ahead of Michigan's Tuesday primary.Jackson won the Michigan Democratic presidential primary in 1988 but went on to lose the overall party nomination to Massachusetts' Michael Dukakis.
Jackson took on Biden's claim of having a"black firewall" among the Democratic Party's African-American voting bloc. He cited Sanders' support of a wealth tax and Medicare for All as issues black voters should stand in solidarity with alongside his campaign."That's some of what the firewall needs and that Senator Sanders has committed himself to, and that's why I can enthusiastically endorse Senator Bernie Sanders today," Jackson added in the statement.
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